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THE  PLACE  WHERE  GOD  RECORDS  HIS  NAME. 


A    DISCOURSE, 


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THE  DEDICATION 


OF   THE 

SECOND  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH, 


FRIDAY  EVENING,  JAN.  24, 1851, 


CHICAGO.  ILL. 


By  Rev.  R.  W.  PATTERSON,  Pastor. 


CHICAGO: 

P  f  U  L  I  S  11  E  D    BY    S.    C.    G  R  I  G  G  S    X-   C  o. 
1851. 


JAS.    J.    LANGDON, 

BOOK  AND  JOB   PRINTER, 

No.  161  Lake  Street,  Chicago. 


CORRESPONDENCE. 


Chicago,  Jan.  28,  1851. 
Rov.  R.  W.  Patterson,  Pastor  Second  Presbyterian  Church. 
Rev.  and  Dear  Sir  : 

Having  had  the  pleasure  ourselves  of  hearing  your 
Sermon  at  the  dedication  of  the  new  Gothic  Church,  on  Friday  Evening, 
we  are  desirous,  that  others  not  present,  should  enjoy  the  privilege  next  to 
hearing,  viz  :  that  of  reading  it.  We  think  its  publication  would  be  pro- 
motive of  the  cause  of  our  Redeemer,  and  would  therefore  request  a  copy 
for  that  purpose. 

Yours  Fraternally, 

.1.  A.  WIGHT, 
GEO.  COLLINS, 
GEO.  E.  SHIPMAN, 
WM.  BROSS, 
SAMUEL  D.  WARD, 
.1.  H.  DUNHAM, 
.7.  C.  WILLIAMS, 
T.  B.  CARTER, 

And  Othi-rs. 


Messrs.  J.  A.  Wight,  Geo.  Collins,  Geo.  E.  Shipman  and  others: 

Gentlemen  :  Your  respectful  note  has  been  received.  The 
Discourse  to  which  you  refer,  though  prepared  without  any  thouf^ht 
of  its  publication,  is,  with  its  many  imperfections,  submitted  to  your 
disposal,  in  the  hope  that  whatever  truth  it  contains  may  find  a  produc- 
tive soil  in  some  good  and  honest  heart,  and  bring  forth  fruit  to  the  honor 
of  Him  whose  Word  never  returns  to  him  void. 

Very  truly  Yours, 
Chicago,  Feb.  5, 1851.  R.  W.  PATTERSON. 


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"In  all  places  where  1  record  my  name  1  vvillcnnie  unto  thee,  and  I  will  bless  thee." — 
Exodus,  xx,  '21. 

When  God  spake  to  his  ancient  people  from  tlie  cloud  and  fire  of 
Sinai,  they  were  on  their  journey  through  the  great  and  terrible  wilder- 
ness, and  had  neither  temple  nor  tabernacle,  wherein  they  might  present 
to  him  their  oflerings  and  adorations.  tJut  they  were  not  denied  the  priv- 
ilege, even  then,  of  building  temtxtrary  altars  of  earth,  and  of  paying 
acts  of  devout  liomaae  to  the  God  who  brought  them  out  from  the  house 
of  bondage.  And  they  were  told,  for  their  encouragement  and  consola- 
tion, that  in  eveiy  place  which  should  be  consecrated  to  the  honor  of 
Jehovah's  name,  in  accordance  with  his  rcA^ealed  will,  he  would  meet  with 
them  and  bless  them.  Then,  as  now,  the  breatliings  of  the  humble  and 
C(jntrite  heart,  were  graciously  regarded  by  the  Father  of  mercies,  wheth- 
er the  suppliant  were  ()n  a  consecrated  spot,  in  the  lonely  desert  or  upon 
the  rolling  deep.  But  there  were  peculiar  acts  of  devotion,  such  as  the 
offering  of  sacrifice,  and  the  exercises  of  social  worship,  whicli  might  be 
most  appropriately  performed  in  places  set  apart  in  a  special  manner  for 
such  purposes.  There  were,  under  the  old  dispensation,  reasons  wliich 
no  longer  exist,  for  restricting  the  public  worship  of  God  to  particular  lo- 
calities. And  hence  wc  find  that  before  the  nation  of  Israel  were  planted 
in  the  land  of  promise,  and  for  a  considerable  time  afterwards,  a  Taber- 
nacle, constructed  according  to  a  peculiar  pattern,  which  was  shown  to 
Moses  in  the  moyrit,  v,-a.>  f^et  up  in  different.  pV^ce-s,  which  were  thus  con- 


secrated  for  seasons  lunger  or  shorter,  to  the  special  service  of  Gud. 
And  in  due  time  a  Temple  was  built  for  Jehovah's  name,  on  Mount 
Moriah,  at  Jerusalem,  which  had  been  long  before  designated  as  the  place 
to  be  thus  honored.  Most  of  the  rites  and  ordinances  prescribed  in  the 
Levitical  Statutes  were  observed  at  this  Temple,  and  could  be  lawfully 
performed  no  where  else.  For  this  was  the  place  in  which  Jehovah  had 
chosen,  in  a  peculiar  sense,  to  record  his  name.  But  the  hour  came  in 
which  the  middle  wall  of  partition  between  Jews  and  Gentiles  was  to  be 
broken  down,  and  when  the  true  worshippers  were  no  longer  to  be  re- 
stricted either  to  Mount  Gerizim  or  Jerusalem,  in  the  oflfering  of  ac- 
ceptable sacrifices  to  that  God  w'ho  as  a  Spirit  requires  his  creatures  to 
worship  him  m  spirit  and  in  truth.  This  was  a  great  outward  change. 
But  even  the  introduction  of  the  christian  economy  has  not  superseded 
the  necessity  of  enlisting  the  social  principle  in  religion ;  nor  has  it  set 
aside  the  propriety  of  employing  mental  association  as  an  auxiliary  in  the 
devotional  acts  of  finite  creatures  such  as  we  are.  It  is  freely  conceded 
that  we  have  in  the  New  Testament  neither  command  nor  precedent  for 
the  formal  consecration  of  Churches.  But  we  know  that  in  Apostolic 
times.  Christians  were  accustomed  to  meet  together  for  religious  purpo- 
ses, at  appointed  seasons  and  places,  and  that  suitable  houses  were  erected 
for  the  accommodation  of  their  assemblies,  as  soon  as  the  circumstances 
of  the  new  conveils  permitted  them  to  make  such  provisions  for  the  fur- 
therance of  the  Gospel  in  the  particular  communiUes  to  which  they  be- 
longed. And  we  know,  too,  that  it  is  highly  consonant  with  the  genius 
of  our  holy  religion  to  open  houses  which  are  designed  for  the  public 
w^orship'  of  God,  with  a  humble  and  formal  recognition  of  his  right  to 
the  exclusive  use  of  them  as  Sanctuaries  dedicated  in  a  peculiar  sense  to 
Himself.  We  are  aware  that  the  materials  of  which  an  edifice  consists, 
cannot,  as  some  imagine,  have  an  bherent  sacredness  ;  and  we  utterly 
discard  all  such  conceptions  as  superstitious  and  incompatible  with  true 
ideas  of  holiness.     But  we  believe  that  God  hears  prayer,  and  that  he  is 


able  and  willing  to  sanctify  our  mental  associations  as  tliey  may  become 
clustered  around  a  place  of  habitual  woi-ship  ;  ai\d  to  bkss  the  means  of 
grace  wliich  may  be  employed  there,  in  accordance  with  the  plans  of  his 
people  and  the  indications  and  orderings  of  his  good  Providence.  It  is 
for  this  reason  we  have  assembled  here  this  evening  in  compliance  with 
the  time-honored  custom  of  the  Cluu-ch  in  her  various  communions,  to 
acknowledge  that  Glorious  Being  for  whose  homn-  and  service  this  new 
edifice  has  been  erected  and  is  now  0})cned. 

Let  us,  then,  pursue  the  theme  afforded  by  our  text,  while  we  ntjtice 
the  characteristics  of  a  place  in  iohich  God  records  his  name  vnder  the 
Christian  dispensation;  and  the  promise  which  He  has  <jlven  to  his  peo- 
ple who  loorship  him  aright  in  such  a  place. 

I.  God  may  be  properly  said  to  record  liis  name  wherever  he  Provi- 
dentially directs  that  his  worship  and  ordinances  shall  be  statedly  ob- 
served for  the  promotion  of  liis  honor  and  the  furtherance  of  his  Spiritual 
Kingdom.  He  causes  his  name  to  be  in  a  special  manner  associated  with 
every  such  place.  Now,  as  we  have  seen,  there  is,  since  the  abror>-ation 
of  the  Ancient  Theocracy,  no  one  point  where  God  may  be  worshipped 
more  acceptably  than  in  other  places ;  and,  hence,  every  house  which  is 
erected  by  a  Christian  Congregation,  under  the  guidance  of  Divine 
Providence,  and  is  set  apart  to  be  used  as  a  Christian  Sanctuary,  is  a 
place  where  Jehovah  records  his  name. 

We  are  to  inquire  briefly,  what  are  the  characteristics  of  a  trulj/  Chris- 
tian house  of  worship  ? 

1 .  It  is,  in  the  first  place,  a  house  designed  and  employed  for  the  ser- 
vice of  the  revealed  God;  the  God  of  the  Bible;  the  God  of  the  Old 
Testament  and  the  New.  It  is  not  a  temple  for  the  woi-ship  of  Reason 
or  Philosoj)hy,  or  of  any  Deity  erroneously  supposed  to  be  made  known 
in  the  New  Testament,  but  misrepresented  and  dishonored  in  the  Old  ; 
or  of  any  ininginary  (iod  whose  ch;ircict<'r  ;uid  govi'iiiuieut  are    partly 


made  out  fiom  the  Sacred  Oracles,  and  partly  from  what  menai-e  pleased 
to  conceive  that  their  Maker  and  Moral  Governor  ouoht  to  be  and  do, 
Christianity  is  a  religion  of  faith  founded  upon  Divine  testimonv;  a  testi- 
mony to  be  received  as  it  is  given  in  the  Bible,  in  its  most  obvious  import, 
and  not  construed  by  the  canons  of  scientific  or  rationalistic  theorizers- 
It  is  the  reUgion  of  the  two  Testaments  inseparably  bound  together  and 
sustained  by  the  same  Divine  authority,  but  related  to  each  other  as  Type 
and  Substance,  Letter  and  Spirit,  Law  and  Gospel,  Promise  and  Fulfill- 
ment, Sanour  to  come  and  Saviour  Crucified.  And  the  God  of  Juda- 
ism, as  it  originally  was,  is  also  the  God  of  genuine  Christianity.  For 
the  Saviour  came  not  to  destroy  the  Law  and  the  Prophets,  but  to  ful- 
fill ;  not  to  displace  the  God  of  Abraham,  Isaac  and  Israel,  but  to 
do  his  will,  more  clearly  reveal  his  character,  and  fully  develope  and 
execute  his  plans  of  mercy  and  grace.  If  the  bush  on  fire  but  uncon- 
sumed,  is  no  longer  visible,  the  God  who  burned  in  it  before  the  eyes  of 
Moses,  is  still  in  the  midst  of  his  one  Church,  and  the  gates  of  hell  can 
never  prevail  against  it.  If  the  outer  court  of  the  Temple  has  disappeared, 
the  inner  court  yet  remains,  and  the  same  Shechiocili  is  there,  present  to 
the  eye  of  faith,  though  concealed  from  the  eye  of  sense. 

In  the  truly  Christian  house  of  worship  the  one  God  of  the  Bible  is 
acknowledged  and  honored  in  his  revealed  character  and  relations.  He 
receives  adoration  and  homage,  not  alone  as  an  Omnipotent  and  Omni- 
scient Being,  but  as  the  High  and  Lofty  One  who  inhabits  Eternity  and  fills 
Heaven  and  Earth  with  his  presence  ;  not  only  as  great  and  holy,  but  as 
just  and  good;  as  the  Lord,  the  Lord  God,  merciful  and  gracious, 
slow  to  anger  and  of  great  kindness,  forgiving  iniquity,  transgression  and 
sin,  though  by  no  means  clearing  the  guilty.  He  is  neither  too  high  to 
look  after  the  affairs  of  mortals,  nor  too  attentive  to  the  interests  of  his 
creatures  to  peraiit  them  to  suffer  if  they  presume  upon  his  goodness  ; 
neither  too  just  to  pardon  the  penitent,  nor  too  merciful  to  punish  the  in- 
corrigible dinner.     This  is  the  God  who  dwelt  in  the  Holy  of  Holies,  at 


Jerusalem,  and  it  is  the  same  Gud  tluit  is  worshipped  in   every  Church 
appropriately  called  Chrit^tiau. 

In  the  house  where  the  God  of  the  Bible  is  truly  worshipped,  Jesus 
Christ  is  honored  as  the  Divine  Saviour  of  men  ;  as  the  Prophet,  Priest, 
and  King,  foretold  in  the  Old  Testament,  and  fully  declared  in  the  New- 
All  judgment  has  been  committed  to  hira,  that  all  men  should  honor  the 
Son,  even  as  they  honor  the  Father.  In  liim  dwellcth  all  the  fullness  of 
the  God-Head  bodily.  He  was  God  manifested  in  the  tiesh.  He  is  the 
Prophet  spoken  of  by  Moses,  who  appeared  to  be  the  Light  of  the  world. 
He  is  the  Priest  forever  after  the  order  of  Melchisadec;  the  prophiation 
for  the  sias  of  believers,  and  not  for  theirs  only,  but  also  for  the  sms  of 
the  whole  world  ;  and  the  Everlasting  Intercessor  of  his  disciples,  at  the 
Father's  right  h;;nd.  He  is  the  exalted  Prince  and  Saviour  who  gives 
repentance  and  remission  of  sins  ;  Head  over  all  things  tu  the  Church  ; 
God,  whose  throne  is  forever  and  e\  er,  and  the  sceptre  of  whose  king- 
dom is  aright  sceptre  ;  the  Loi-d  on  Avhose  name,  as  an  Apostle  declares 
the  saints  call  in  every  place,  and  who  is  worshipped  as  the  Lamb  that 
once  was  slain,  by  all  the  adoring  hosts  of  Heaven.  Is  that  a  Christian 
Tenij)Ie  where  Christ  is  not  acknowledged  in  the  character  which  was 
conceded  to  him  by  all  the  saints  in  Apostolic  times,  and  where  he  is  de- 
nied the  homage  which  is  paid  to  hira  by  all  the  glorified  spirits  around 
the  throne  of  God  ?  Is  He  not  our  Great  Teacher ;  our  Atoning  Sac- 
rifice ;  our  Lord  and  our  God  ?  xVnd  shall  we  not  adore  him  as  such  ? 
Can  we  refuse  to  own  him  as  the  only  Hope  and  Helper  of  sinners  and 
yet  reasonably  expect  that  God  will  rec:  ird  his  name  in  the  place  of  our 
worship  ? 

We  must  not  omit  to  say  further,  that  in  the  house  where  the  God  of 
the  Bible  is  truly  served,  the  Holy  Spirit  is  honored  as  the  great  author 
of  regeneration  and  sanctification  in  the  human  soul.  The  christian 
convert  is  baptized  into  the  name  of  tliis  Divine  Agent,  as  well  as  into 
the  n:imes  of  the  Father  and  the  Son.     He  is  the  promised  Comforter, 


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whose  office  it  is  to  cuiiviucc  the  -wurld  uf  sin,  riglUcousiiCbS  and  judj^- 
ment,  and  to  dwell  with  the  disciples  of  Christ  foixn'er;  in  all  ayes  uf 
the  world.  He  acts  in  obedience  to  the  one  divine  plan,  and  is  there- 
fore said  to  speak  not  of  himself,  in  the  same  manner  as  the  Son  de- 
clares that  he  speaks  not  of  himself.  And  the  Holy  Spirit,  who  is  thus 
distinguished,  as  a  Person,  from  the  Father  and  the  Son,  is  uniformly  re- 
ferred to  in  Scripture  as  the  Renewer  and  Sanctifier  of  those  who  be- 
come the  children  of  God.  Christians  are  declared  to  have  been  saved, 
not  by  their  own  works  of  righteousness,  but  by  the  washing  of  regen- 
eration and  renewing  of  the  Holy  Ghost,  and  to  have  purified  their 
souls  in  obeying  the  truth  through  the  Spirit  Indeed  the  Divine  Spir- 
'  it  seems  to  have  been  denominated  "Holy,"  because  he  is  the  only 
real,  efficient  producer  of  holiness  in  the  hearts  of  men.  And  this 
gTeat  truth  implies  the  natural  and  total  alienation  of  sinners  from  God, 
which  is  a  fact  ahvays  assumed  in  the  Gospel  as  the  basis  of  all  its  ap- 
peals and  invitations.  Why  do  we  all  need  to  be  born  again  '?  Be- 
cause we  have  by  nature  no  holiness  of  heart,  and  no  disposition  to  seek 
reconciliation  with  our  Maker  in  a  pn  »per  manner,  even  after  a  sufficient 
sacrifice  has  been  offi^red  in  our  behalf  And  when  regenerated,  we 
are  still  so  far  from  confirmed  and  perfect  holiness,  that  left  to  ourselves, 
we  should  never  become  fitted  for  heaven.  Therefore  the  Spirit  of 
God  must  renew  ar^l  sanctify  us  before  we  can  be  prepared  to  see  the 
Lord  in  peace.  And  it  thus  becomes  plain  that  we  cannot  duly  honor 
the  Holy  Spirit,  in  the  worship  of  God,  without  a  full,  practical  recogni- 
tion of  our  entire  depravity  while  in  the  natural  state,  and  our  depen- 
dence upon  this  Divine  Agent  for  all  right  purposes,  desires  and  works. 
Christianity  finds  man  a  lost  sinner,  and  proposes  to  save  him,  not  by 
natural  but  supernatural  means  and  agencies  ;  not  through  liis  own 
meritorious  efforts,  but  through  a  Sa-\^iour  crucified  for  him ;  not  through 
his  own  spontaneous  endeavors  after  holiness  of  henrtand  life,  but  through 
the  subduinrr  anri  rr^novating  operations   of  that   Divine  Spirit   who  is 


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abroad  in  the  world  and  works  with  the  wi.rd  of  truth  wlicrcver  the 
Trospel  is  faithfully  preafh<>d  and  pressed  upon  the  human  conscience. 
Our  religion  is  genuine  Supernaturalism  ;  not  Superstition.  The  living 
God  is  in  it,  but  works  not  b}'  miracle,  but  mysterioush'  in  connection 
with  appointed  instrumentalities  and  means.  And  how  can  the  God  of 
the  Bible  record  his  name  whei-e  this  great  truth,  and  the  facts  which  it 
obviously  implies,  ai-e  not  duly  acknowledged  to  the  honor  of  the  Eter- 
nal Spirit  of  grace  '? 

2.  Permit  me  to   remark  in  the  next   place,  that  a  truly   christian 
house  of  worship  is  one  which  is  designed  and   used  for  the  promotion 
of  holiness  and  the  glory  of  God,  in  accordance  with  the   true  genius 
of  Christianity.     It  is  not  an  edifice  planned  and  erected  merely   to  at- 
tract the  admiration  of  the  passing  multitude,  or  to  gratify  the  taste  or 
pride  of  those  who  may  assemble  in  it,  by  the  splendor   of  its  architec- 
ture and  the  brilliancy  or  beauty  of  its  decorations  and  ornaments.     It 
may  be  inviting,  and  may  afford  evidence  that  christians  have  as  much 
respect  for  the  house  of  God  as  for  their  own  dweUings.     But  if  it  have 
not  a  higher  purpose  to  which  all  else  that  pertains  to  it  is  made  sub. 
ordinate  if  not  directly  tributary,  it  is  not  a  place   Avhere    God  records 
his  name ;  it  is  not  a  Christian  Sanctuary'.     Holiness,  says  the  Psalmist, 
becometh  thine  house  forever.     This  is  as  true  of  a  Christian  Church  as 
it  was  of  the  ancient  Temple.     For  what  end  do  we  assemble  ourselves 
in  a  place  of  worship,  but  to  enlist  the  social  element  in  onr  religion;  to 
aid  one  another  in  the  great  effort  to  ham  and  Jo  the  ivill  of  Ood  ;  to 
%hmte  in  our  humble  pleadings  at  the  mercy  seat  for  grace  to  help  us  in 
time  of  need,  and  to  spread  the  truths  and  motives  of  the  Gospel  before 
the  minds  of  our  fellow  travellers  to  eternity,  that  they  too  may  be  led 
to  seek  and  obtain  that  holmess  without  which   no  man   shall   see  the 
Lord.     We  come  together  to  acknoAvledge  the   God   of  the  Bible  in  a 
public  manner,  and  thus  to  glorify  him.     We  come  to  extend  the  influ- 
ence of  divine  truth  to  those  who  worship  and  serve  the   creature  more 


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than  the  Creator,  and  thus  to  follow  out  the  spirit  and  aim  of  our  Chris- 
tianity, -which  is  designed  and  fitted  to  subdue  the  world  to  the  obedi- 
ence of  the  f;xith  of  Christ.  We  come  to  strengthen  our  religious  hab- 
its and  principles  and  to  give  stimulus  and  efficiency  to  christian  zeal  in 
its  outgoings  towards  the  multitudes  in  our  own  community  and  country, 
and  in  other  lands,  who  are  perishing  in  sin. 

The  dispensation  under  which  we  Uve,  differs  widely  from  that  which 
went  before  it,  in  the  ftict  that  our  religion,  which  is  that  of  the  whole 
Bible,  is  essentially  aggressive,  in  contradistinction  to  the  less  perfect 
religion  of  the  Old  Testament  alone,  which  occupied  a  strictly  defensive 
position.  A  Christian  Temple  therefore,  is  a  house  designed  not  only  to 
preserve  the  true  faith  in  its  purity,  but  to  extend  the  influences  of  the 
Gospel  to  those  who  are  aliens  from  the  commonwealth  of  Israel 
and  strangers  to  the  covenant  of  promise,  having  no  hope  and  with- 
out God  in  the  world.  It  is  a  place  of  training  for  soldiers  in  the 
army  of  Christ,  and  of  systematic  preparation  for  well-directed  and 
oft  repeated  assaults  upon  the.  kingdom  of  darkness.  And  wo  be  to 
that  people  who  on  opening  a  church  and  dedicating  it  to  God,  feel 
that  the  time  has  now  come  when  they  may  quietly  sit  down  and 
take  their  ease,  caring  henceforth  only  for  the  spiritual  welfare  of 
themselves  and  their  children,  and  leaving  the  world  to  go  on  un- 
disturbed in  its  downward  march  towards  the  gates  of  destruction  ! 
The  new  sanctuary  is  a  place  not  for  inglorious  repose,  but  for  enlarged 
activity  and  more  resolute  efforts  in  the  work  of  extending  the  salvation 
of  the  Gospel,  and  co-operating  with  Christ  in  the  furtherance  of  his 
gracious  kingdom  of  righteousness,  peace  and  joy  in  the  Holy  Ghost 
This,  then,  is  no  place  to  flatter  vanity,  or  please  the  fancy,  or  satisfy  the 
cravings  of  morbid  imaginations.  It  is  a  spiritual  laboratory  where 
thoughts  are  to  be  analyzed  and  the  intents  of  many  hearts  to  be  reveal- 
ed ;  where  light  is  to  be  poured  into  darkness,  and  heat  is  to  be  applied 
for  the  fusion  of  precious  but  most  unyielding  materials. 


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It  is  a  place  for  spiritual  struggles,  and  solemn  resolves,  and  mighty 
prayers,  and  the  poising  and  settling  of  eternal  destinies.  It  is  a  place 
for  God's  omnipotence  t'>  work  on  human  souls  stirred  up  to  vigorous 
strife  by  the  application  of  truth  and  motive  under  the  conditions  of 
moral  agency  in  a  Avorld  of  probation.  It  is  a  place  for  life  and  pro- 
gress in  indi\-idual  hearts  given  to  God  Avith  reference  to  the  enlarge- 
ment of  Zion  at  home  and  abroad.  It  is  a  fountain  for  sending  forth 
streams  to  deepen  and  widen  as  they  advance,  until  thej'  shall  become  a 
river  which  no  man  can  pass  over.  And  these  streams  must  proceed 
from  the  bosoms  of  true  believers,  in  whom  the  Saviour  has  caused  the 
waters  of  his  abounding  grace  to  spring  up  unto  everlasting  life.  Tins 
is  a  place  of  privilege  and  of  responsibility.  It  is  one  of  those  points 
which  God  selects  for  the  special  application  of  his  Almighty  energies  in 
the  execution  of  his  eternal  counsels.  And  he  records  his  name  in  it,  in 
characters  more  oi'Iess  legible  and  enduring,  according  as  it  is  more  or 
less  truly  devoted  to  the  great  end.s  of  promoting  holiness  and  extending 
the  kingdom  of  Christ  in  the  world. 

3.  It  is  almost  needless  to  add,  after  what  has  been  said,  that  a  truly 
christian  house  of  worship  is  ordinarily  one  which  is  occupied  by  a  Scrip- 
tural Church,  maintaining  a  vi-sible  form,  and  cultivating  the  spirit  of 
Godliness  by  a  faithful  observance  of  those  ordinances  which  Christ  has 
appointed.  We  know  from  the  New  Testament  that  it  is  a  part  of  the 
Saviour's  plan  thai  his  disciples  should  be  organized  into  local  churches, 
and  that  these  associations  should  hold  regular  mcetinos  in  their  several 
places  of  worship,  for  the  purposes  of  exhortation,  hearing  the  word, 
uniting  their  petitions  before  the  throne  of  grace,  and  receiving  the  holy 
Sacraments.  A  Scriptural  Church  is  a  body  composed  of  Christians 
united  together  in  covenant  for  mutual  edification,  and  governed  by  the 
principles  of  the  Gospel.  Such  a  body  cannot  long  prosper  without  a 
careful  exercise  of  discipline  and  the  pervading  influence  of  a  truly 
spiritual  piety.     Gross  offenders  must  be  admonished  and    if  need   be, 


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cast  out,  that  the  whole  mass  may  not  be  corrupted  by  tlie  working  of 
the  evil  leaven.  The  Christian  ordinances  must  neither  be  profaned 
nor  neglected,  if  holiness  is  to  be  preserved  and  kept  on  the  advance  in 
the  Church;  and  the  faith  once  delivered  to  the  saints  must  be  watchful- 
ly defended  against  all  the  encroachments  and  insidious  devices  of  the 
enemy,  whether  they  present  themselves  under  the  form  of  false  charity 
on  the  one  hand,  or  of  zeal  for  the  defence  of  mouldy  traditions  on  the 
other.  A  local  Church  deserving  the  name  of  Christian,  is  one  whose 
faith  is  substantially  Scriptural,  whose  discipline  is  at  least  sufficiently 
thorough  to  preserve  in  a  goodmeasui-e  the  practical  distinction  between 
the  professed  followers  of  Christ  and  the  world,  and  whose  internal  unity 
and  fellowship  are  such  as  to  illustrate,  in  some  degree,  the  power  of 
the  one  Gospel  in  assimilating  hearts  made  kindred  by  the  same  celestial 
birth.  God  records  his  name  in  a  house  which  is  habitually  occupied 
by  such  a  brotherhood  of  Christian  disciples,  and  will  never  blot  out 
this  record  so  long  as  such  a  branch  of  his  great  Spiritual  familj'  con- 
tinues to  abide  in  the  place.  He  will  do  more  than  record  his  name 
here,  if  tiie  characteristics  which  have  been  indicated  truly  belong  to 
this  new  edifice.  For  he  has  said  to  his  people,  "  In  all  places  where 
I  record  my  name,  /  will  come  unto  thee,  and  1  loill  bless  thee." 

II.  Let  us  dwell  for  a  few  moments  on  this  cheering  promise.  What 
could  we  hope  for,  if  we  had  no  such  divine  pledges  ?  What  may  we 
not  hope  for  with  tliem  ?  Where  two  or  three  a''^  gathered  together 
in  my  name,  says  our  Saviour,  there  am  I  in  the  midst  of  them.  This 
promise  is  the  same  in  its  spirit  with  that  contained  in  our  text.  Christ 
is  spiritually  present  with  his  disciples  where  they  have  assembled  in  his 
name,  as  God  meets  with  his  children  when  they  come  before  him  as  he 
requires,  in  a  place  of  worship  truly  consecrated  to  him.  And  for  what 
purpose  is  the  Saviour  in  the  midst  of  his  folloA>ers,  but  to  bless  them, 
as  God  has  declared  that  he  will  do  to  his  people  in  all  places  where  He 
records  his  name  ?     What  now  is  the  blessinn-  which  we  are  authorized 


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to  expect  from  the  God  uho  spake   to  Israel   in    the   Mount,  and   who 
speaks  to  us  from  Heaven,  in  the  person  of  Jesus  Christ  ? 

1.  He  will  bless  his  children  in  the  place  which  he  has  chosen,  by- 
giving  them  all  needful  external  prosperity.  He  always  grants  to  his 
true  followers  favor  and  good  imderstanding  in  the  sight  of  the  people, 
so  far  as  he  sees  to  be  consistent  with  their  spiritual  interests.  And  he 
affords  to  them  the  means  of  sustaining  the  institutions  of  the  Church 
and  of  duing  good  to  others,  in  proportion  as  he  regards  it  wise  and 
safe  to  entrust  such  talents  to  their  care.  If  this  shall  be  truly  a  place 
where  God  will  deli:j,ht  to  dwell,  we  shall  neither  have  too  much  nor  too 
little  outward  prosperity  as  a  Christian  Congregation.  But  if  He  with- 
draw from  us  and  leave  us  to  the  empty  forms  of  religion  without  the 
Holy  Ghost  to  give  life  to  our  worship,  how  soon  may  dissension  and 
evil  counsels  destroy  us,  or  worldliness  come  in  Uke  a  flood  and  sweep 
us  array  into  spiritual  ruin  ?  It  will  be  an  unspeakable  blessing  to  have 
the  All- wise  God  measure  out  to  us  just  the  right  amount  of  pecuniary 
ability  and  of  personal  and  social  influence  among  our  fellow  men. 
And  he  will  do  it  if  we  trust  him. 

2.  God  blesses  his  people  Avhere  he  records  his  name,  with  internal 
pcfce  and  spiritual  strength.  The  more  fully  and  truly  the  house  of 
worship  is  devoted  to  the  great  ends  to  be  contemplated  in  the  conse- 
cration of  such  a  place,  the  more  richly  will  the  Holy  Spirit  of  promise 
dwell  in  the  hearts  of  those  for  whose  benefit  it  was  erected  and  is  set  apart. 
And  it  is  alone  by  the  indwelling  of  this  Divine  Agent  that  the  hearts  of 
Christians  can  be  brought  into  close  and  abiding  sympathy  with  one 
another,  and  be  kept  under  the  dominion  of  brotherly  love.  With  the 
unity  of  the  Spirit  we  can  preserve  the  bond  of  peace ;  for  this  will 
keep  alive  in  our  souls  a  common  consciousness  of  our  connection  with 
the  body  of  Christ,  which  will  make  our  mutual  fellowship  sweet,  and 
will  effectually  overpower  all  those  trivial  occasions  "f  collision  and  con- 
flict, or  of  distrust  and  coldness,   which  so  often    hold  brethren  bought 


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with  the  same  blood,  ia  painful  separation  from  each  otlirr.  And  with 
rehoious  peace  and  confidence  within  the  Christian  body,  there  must  be 
also  spiritual  strength.  When  the  members  learn  to  have  fervent  char- 
ity among  themselves  and  all  suffer  and  rejoice  together,  it  becomes 
possible  to  bring  the  severiil  powers  of  the  body  into  harmonious  co-op- 
eration, and  the  ^^gor  of  the  -whole  and  of  each  part  is  by  a  natural  law 
steadily  increased,  while  the  Divine  Spirit  pervades  all,  by  his  life-giving 
energies.  It  is  the  privilege  of  every  Christian  Church  to  secure  such 
concentration  and  power,  and  the  more,  as  their  facilities  for  religious 
worship  and  usefulness  are  improved  and  expanded  The  dedication  of 
a  new  edifice  to  God  ought  to  operate  as  a  means  of  opening  the  hearts 
of  Christians  for  the  reception  of  those  special  i:ifluences  from  on  high 
w^hich  are  needful  to  quicken  the  body  of  Christ  and  to  give  it  renew- 
ed efficiency  and  fresh  preparation  for  its  great  work.  For  this  is  an 
occasion  which  calls  up  into  clear  \\q\\,  the  necessity  of  Divine  help, 
and  the  fullness  of  those  promises  which  are  given  for  the  encourage- 
ment of  God's  people  in  the  opening  of  a  house  for  his  honor  and 
praise. 

3.  The  Lord  will  bless  His  true  Israel  wherever  he  records  His  name, 
with  continued  spritual  progress.  Progress  is  a  law  of  Christianity ;  pro- 
gress iu  the  hearts  of  believers;  progress  in  the  world.  Christians  never 
in  this  life,  reach  the  end  of  their  spiritual  warfare.  But  this  one  tlu;ig 
they  are  bound  to  do;  forgetting  the  things  which  are  behind,  they  ought 
to  press  toward  the  mark,  for  the  prize  of  their  high  calling;  they  ought 
to  grow  in  grace  and  in  the  knowledge  of  our  Lord  and  Saviour  Jesus 
Christ.  And  when  they  continue  to  assemble  together  with  Irsnest  and 
earnest  reference  to  this  great  object,  with  one  accord  in  one  place,  the 
Holy  Spirit,  the  Sanctifier,  is  sent  down  to  dwell  in  the  midst  of  them 
and  take  up  his  abode  in  their  heurt-s.  This  is  the  true  and  only  method 
of  ensuring  spiritual  progress  in  a  Churrh.  Paul  may  plant  and  Apol- 
los  water,  but  it  is  God  who  g-iveth  the  increase,  both  in  quickening  and 
purifying  the  souls  of  individuals,  and  in  adding  to  the  body  of  believers 


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such  a.s  shall  bt,'  saved.  Aiul  thougli  the  treasure  of  the  Gospel  is  com- 
mitted tf»  earthen  vc-sscls,  the  excellency  of  tlie  power  is  of  God:  and  his 
ministers  and  people  can  do  all  things  through  Christ,  strengthening 
them.  T]\e  weapons  of  their  warfare  are  not  carnal,  but  mighty  through 
God,  to  the  pulling  down  of  strong  holds.  There  is  no  reason  why  the 
holiness  and  mural  power  and  usefulness  of  this  Church  should  not  in- 
crease from  year  to  year,  and  from  generation  to  generation,  if  the  'people 
as  well  as  the  house,  are  consecrated  to  God.  Why  should  tl.ere  be  a 
limit  to  our  religious  growth  ?  "Why  should  the  members  and  the  chil- 
dren of  this  congregation  be  alone  in  receiving  the  blessings  of  saving 
grace  through  the  means  and  instrumentalities  to  be  here  employed  ? 
Why  should  not  our  faith  extend  to  them  that  are  afar  off,  even  as  many 
as  the  Lord  our  God  will  call? 

In  conclusion  permit  me  to  remind  }-ou,  my  brethren,  that  the  prom- 
ise which  we  have  beea  contemplating,  is  not  given  without  an  implied 
condition.  God  does  not  record  his  name,  as  we  have  seen,  where  the 
people  do  not  truly  acknowledge  Him  and  His  Ordinances  and  Institu- 
tions. And  if  he  should  make  the  record  because  the  condition  of  it 
exists  at  any  particular  time,  he  will  erase  it,  if  at  another  time  he  should 
cease  to  be  honored  in  the  place.  Let  us  bear  in  mind,  then,  the  sol- 
emn declaration:  Them  that  honor  me,  I  will  honor;  and  they  that  de- 
spise me  shall  be  lightly  esteemed. 

We  have  peculiar  occasion  to  make  grateful  returns  to  God  for  the 
blessings  which  he  has  already  conferred  upon  us  as  a  Church  and  Con- 
gregation. In  June,  1842,  eight  years  and  a  half  since,  we  set  out  as  a 
colony,  with  an  organization  embracing  twenty-five  members.  In  Sep- 
tember, of  the  same  year,  the  small  house  heretofore  occupied,  was  ded- 
icated in  its  original  form,  and  the  present  Pastor  of  the  Church  was 
installed.  Our  number  steadily  increased,  and  in  the  fall  of  1843,  the 
place  having  become  too  strait  for  us,  the  house  was  enlarged.  At  the  close 
of  the  vear  1847,  our  growth  demanded  a  second  addition  to  our  humble 

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cdi6ce,  and  it  Ava.s  made.  At  different  times  the  movings  of  the  Divine 
Spirit  were  felt  in  the  midst  of  us,  and  believers,  as  we  trust,  were  ad- 
ded to  the  Lord,  while  accessions  to  the  Churcli  were  received  from 
other  Christian  bodies.  In  the  year  1847  our  increasing  necessity  and 
streno-th  began  to  indicate  that  the  time  was  at  hand  when  it  would  be 
our  duty  to  erect  a  permanent  edifice  for  the  religious  use  of  the  Con- 
gregation in  the  present  and  future  generations.  The  enterprize  was  se- 
riously projected,  and  liberal  subscriptions  were  obtained,  but  the  work 
was  not  commenced  until  the  year  1849.  Since  the  time  of  bemnnino; 
it  has  been  carried  forward  successfully,  without  extraordinary  delay, 
and  without  serious  accident  to  any  individual,  up  to  the  laying  of  the 
last  stone,  and  the  completion  of  our  preparation  for  the  solemn  services 
of  the  present  occasion.  Now  we  enter  this  commodious  and  pleasfuit 
edifice  with  a  membership  in  the  Church  of  nearly  two  luindred  and 
fifty,  and  with  many  grounds  of  hope  for  the  future.  Let  us  not  forget 
that  this  is  the  Lord's  doing;  and  let  us  render  to  Him  our  hearty  trib- 
ute  of  praise   and  thanksgiving. 

This  transition  point,  my  brethren,  is  one  around  which  momentous 
interests  are  clustered.  It  is  to  us  a  time  of  joy;  but  it  suggests  a  train 
of  reflections  that  carry  us  far  beyond  the  period  of  the  linng  generation, 
through  all  the  ages  of  coming  time,  and  brings  us  in  thought,  before 
the  Great  "White  Throne  of  Judgment,  where  we  shall  review  the  re- 
sults of  the  moral  causes  here  set  in  motion,  under  the  radiance  of  a 
light  too  bright  for  our  present  powers  of  endurance.  This  is  God's 
house.  Here  the  Shechinah  is  to  dwell.  Here  saints  are  to  be  quickened 
and  souls  renewed.  Here  the  seeds  of  immortal  life  are  to  be  sown 
and  watered.  Here  vessels  of  mercy  are  to  be  prepared  for  glory  ;  and 
vessels  of  wTath,  we  fear,  will  be  fitted  for  destruction.  For  here,  doub- 
tless, the  Gospel  will  prove  a  sweet  savor  of  God  in  them  that  are  saved 
and  in  thrm  that  pfrish  :  to  the  one  a  savor  of  life  unto  life ;  to  the  other 
a  savor  of  death  unto  death. 


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What,  my  hearers,  shall  be  tlie  nature  of  the  Impulse  given  by  th'i* 
occasion  tu  the  sph-itual  influences  hero  set  in  operation  ?  What  shall  be 
the  character  and  direction  of  the  streams  that  shall  begin  now  to  issue 
from  this  Sanctuary  ?  Shall  they  be  pure,  and  shall  they  go  out  to 
make  glad  the  City  of  our  God?  Jt  may  be  so;  it  will  be  so,  if  both 
place  and  people  are  dedicated,  without  reserve,  to  the  God  of  Abraham, 
Isaac  and  Jacob;  and  if  the  vows  implied  in  this  consecration  are  faith- 
fully kept. 

'We  have  here  no  visible  Priest  or  Altar.  But  we  have  a  Glorious 
Priest  on  high;  and  we  have  a  Spiiitual  Altar,  whereof  they  have  no 
right  to  eat  who  serve  the  Tabernacle. 

Having,  therefore.  Brethren,  boldness  to  enter  into  the  holiest  by  the 
blood  of  Jesus,  by  a  new  and  living  way  which  he  hath  consecrated  for 
us,  through  the  vail,  that  is  to  say,  his  flesh ;  and  having  a  High  Priest 
over  the  house  of  God,  let  us  draw-  near  with  a  true  heart,  in  full  assu- 
rance of  faith,  having  our  heails  sprinkled  from  an  evil  conscience,  and 
our  bodies  washed  with  pure  water.  Let  us  hold  fast  the  profession  of 
our  fciith  without  wavering ;  (for  he  is  faithful  that  promised.)  Let  us 
consider  one  another,  to  provoke  unto  love  and  to  good  works :  not  for- 
saking the  assembling  of  ourselves  together,  as  the  manner  of  some  is ;  but 
e.\horting  one  another ;  and  so  much  tlie  more  as  ye  see  the  day  ap- 
proaching. 

And  now,  0  Lord,  arise  and  enter  into  Thy  rest,  Thou  and  the  ark  of 
thy  strength.  Tiiou  Glorious  Trinity,  Father,  Son  and  Holy  Ghost, 
record  thy  name  in  this  place,  and  here  come  to  us  and  bless  us.  May 
this  be  truly  Thy  Tabernacle,  0  Lord  of  Hosts.  Here  may  the  name  of 
God  be  glorified.  His  people  be  quickened,  comforted,  instructed  and 
sanctified,  His  Gospel  be  made  powerful  in  calling  dead  souls  to  life,  and 
His  truth  be  held  forth  in  its  purity  and  saving  efticacy,  Iout  after  the 
present  speaker  and  the  present  congregation  shall  have  mme  to  their 
final  homes. 


HISTORICAL    NOTE. 


The  Second  Presbyterian  Church  of  Chicaf^o  was  organized  by  a  Com- 
mittee of  the  Presbytery  of  Ottawa,  on  the  first  day  of  June,  1842,  and 
consisted,  at  first,  of  twenty-five  members,  all  of  whom  were  members 
of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church,  of  this  City.  At  the  same  time  Messrs. 
B.  W.  Raymond,  W.  H.  Brown  and  Dr.  Stlvester  Willard,  were  cho- 
sen Ruling  Elders.  Rev.  Robert  W.  Patterson,  then  a  Licentiate  of 
Cincinnati  Presbytery,  was  invited  to  become  Pastor  of  the  Church  and 
Congregation-  On  the  13th  of  September,  1842,  the  house  first  erected 
by  the  Congregation,  (which  was  a  small,  cheap  edifice  of  wood,)  was 
dedicated  ;  and  on  September  1 4th,  the  Pastor  elect  wa-s  ordained  and 
installed  by  the  Presbytery  of  Ottawa. 

At  the  close  of  the  year  1847,  after  two  additions  had  been  made  to 
the  house  and  many  accessions  to  the  Church  had  been  received,  the 
Congregation  resolved  on  the  erection  of  a  new  and  more  commodious 
edifice;  but  the  work  was  not  commenced  before  the  year  1849.  The 
edifice  was  completed,  excepting  the  spire  on  the  large  tower,  early  in 
January,  1851,  and  was  dedicated  to  the  worship  of  Almighty  God,  on 
Friday  evening,  the  24th  of  the  same  month. 

The  building  was  designed  by  J.  Renwick,  Jr.,  of  New  York,  and 
the  work  was  superintended  by  G.  W.  Snow,  Esq.,  and  Mr.  Asher 
Carter,  of  Chicago.  The  new  Church  is  located  on  "Wabash  Avenue 
and  Washington  Street,  having  its  entrance  front  on  Wabash  Avenue  and 
its  east  front  on  Dearborn  Park.     It  is  built  in  the  gothic  stvle  of  archi- 


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teciure.  The  material  is  limestone  mingled  with  siiex,  anu  buongly  im- 
pregnated with  bitumen,  which  gives  to  the  color  a  peculiar  variety  of 
light  and  shade  and  imparts  to  the  exterior  of  the  building  a  remarkably 
ancient  and  unique  appearance. 

The  dimensions  are  as  follows  :  breadth  of  front  with  tower,  eighty 
ft-et  including  buttresses;  breadth,  exclusive  of  tower,  seventy-two  feet; 
l^eoture  Room,  twenty-seven  feet  six  inches  by  fifty-four  feet;  Sunday 
School  Room  over  Lecture  Room,  same  width  by  fifty  feet;  Main  Room 
sL\ty-four  feet  six  inches  by  eighty-two  feet  six  inches;  width  of  Vesti- 
bule, thirteen  feet;  number  of  Pews  one  hundred  and  forty-four  on  first 
floor,  forty-eight  in  gallery,  exclusive  of  orchestra,  calculated  to  seat 
twelve  hundred  persons.  The  entrance  front  is  finished  with  a  large  and 
a  small  tower  on  the  corners;  height  of  large  tower  and  spire,  sixty-four 
feet  The  whole  cost  of  the  Church,  lot,  bell  and  clock,  forty-two  tliou- 
sand  dollars.     Cost  of  the  Church  alone,  thirty-five  thousand  dollars. 

The  following  are  the  present  officers  of  the  Church  :  R.  W.  Patter- 
son, Pastor;  B.  W.  Raymond,  W.  II.  Brown,  J.  C.  Williams,  T.  B.  Car- 
ter and  J.  A.  Wioht,  Elders. 


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Anru-  11.  Jndsoii, 

l,;idv  Col(|iion, 

11.  L.  Munay, 

Ur.  iMiliior, 

Mrs.  Shuck, 

M.  E.  V^.-iii  Lennep, 

Southcy's  Wesley's,  in  2  volumes, 

Life  of  C.  I'rey, 


Bailer's  Sermons, 

Ch.'ilmer's  Sermons  in  2  volumes. 

Griffin's  Sermon's 

Melville's  Sermons  in  2  volumes, 

S.iurin's  Sermons  in  '2  volumes, 

\'v';iylnnd's  University  Sermons, 


S  cts. 

50 

75 

1  50 

1  50 

50 

1  00 

2  00 

13 

Bishop  Chase's  Reminiscences, 

G.M-don  Hall. 

McCheyne's  Life, 

Life  of  Mohammed, 

Sear's  Life  of  Luther, 

Life  of  llivid  Hdle, 

Life  of  Pollok, 

Life  of  Rowland  Hill, 


S  CIS. 
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50 
1  50 
1  75 

50 
1  2> 
1  00 


SERMONS. 


1  25 
300 
1  25 
3  50 
3  75 
1  a5 


Bradley's  Sermons,  2  00 

Davie's  Sermons  in  3  volumes,  2  00 

McCheyne's  Seinions  in  3  volumes,  2  <_)0 

Rugby  School  Sermons,  50 

500  Skeletons  of  Sermons,  2  5J 


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COMMENTARIES. 


S  cts. 

Alexander  on  the  Ps;ilins.  3  73 

Clarke's  Cominentnry  in  6  volumes,  12  00 

Cottnrje  Bible  in  2  volumes,  6  00 

Henry's  Exposition  in  (J   volumes,  12  00 

Cnnipbeil's  1  Gospels  in  2  volumes,  4  50 

Alexander  on  Isaiah  in  2  volumes,  5  50 

Barnes  on  Isaiah  in  2  volvmes,  2  00 

Barnes  on  Job  ni  2  volumes,  2  00 

Stuart  on  the  Book  of  Daniel,  2  50 

Stuart  on  the  Apocalypse  in  2  vols.,  5  00 


Comprehensive  in  6  volumes, 
Burkitt's  Notes  in  2  volumes, 
Scott's  Bible  in  3  volumes, 
TownsenH's  Arrangement  in  2  vols, 
llipley's  Notes, 
Bushe's  Notes, 
Barne's  Notes. 
Owen  on  Acts, 
McKnight  on  the  Epistles, 
McGhee  on  the  Ephesians, 


Sets. 
12  00 


THEOLOGY. 


Dvvight's  Theology, 

Chalmer'a      do 

Knapp's         do 

Paley's  do 

Storr  and  Flatt's  Theology, 


The  English  Pulpit, 
Porter's  Homiletics, 
Pulpit  Cyclopedia, 


6  00 

1  25 

2  50 

1  25 

2  25 


Dick's  Theology, 
Hill's  Divinity, 
Lewis'  Platonic  Theology, 
Richard's  Lectures, 


00 
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00 
75 
75 
75 
00 
50 
50 


2  50 
2  50 

1  50 

2  00 


PULPIT  WORKS. 


1  25 

1  25 

2  50 


Preacher's  Manual,  2  00 

Hannam's  Pulpit  Assistant,  2  00 

Suddard's  British  Pulpit,  in  2  volumes  3  50 


WORKS  ON  THE  ROMANS 


Barnes  on  the  Romans, 
Hodge  on  do 

oiuart  on  do 


50 


Chalmers  on  Romans, 
Haldane  on        do 


CELEBRATED  WORKS. 


Butler's  Works, 
Chalmer's  Works  in  4  volumes, 
Ch'ilmers Posthumous  Works,  9  vols. 
Hall's  Works  in  4  volumes, 
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Turretine's  Works  in  4  volumes. 


1  50 

6  00 

,9  00 

6  00 

4  50 

10  00 

Barrows'  Works  in  3  volnmes, 
Edwards'  Works  in  4  volumes. 
Fuller's  Works  in  3  volumes, 
Leighton's  Works 
Dr.  Woods'  Works  in  5  volumes. 


DR.  HARRIS'  WORKS. 


The  Great  Teacher, 
The  (jreat  Commission, 
Pre-AdurnJte  Earth, 


1  00 


Mammon, 
Man  Primeval, 
Sermons  and  Essays, 


The  Power  of  the  Pulpit, 
Attraction  of  the  Cross, 


DR.  SPRING'S  WORKS. 

1  25  I  The  Mercy  Seat, 

1  25  I  The  Bible  not  of  Man, 

DR.  CHEEVER'S  WORK.S. 


Lectures  on  Bunyan, 
Windings  of  the  Water  of  Life, 


1  00  I  The  Hill  of  Difficulty, 
1  00  I  Hierarchial  Despotism, 


WORKS  ON  THE  ATONEMENT. 


Beman  on  the  Atonement, 
Lynd  on  the  Atonement, 


50  j  Jenkyin  on  the  Atonement, 
62  I  Symnigton  on  the  Atonement, 


1  50 

2  50 


fi  50 
7  50 
7  50 
2  50 
10  00 


50 

1  25 

63 


1  25 
45 


1  00 
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75 
63 


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$  CIS. 

A  Pastor's  Sketches,  by  I.  S.  Spencer,  1  00 

Alexander's  Evidences,  6'i 

Abbott's  Corner  Sione,  75 

Biblia  Sacra,  2  00 

Bf  zas'  Latin  Testament,  75 

Brown's  Concordance,  37 

Bethunt-'s  Orations,  1  25 

Bloonifield's  Greek  Testament,  5  00 

Butler's  Analogy,  63 

Bushnell's  Christian  Nurture,  63 

Bushnell's  God  in  Christ,  125 

Cruden's  Concordance,  1  25 

Charnock  on  the  Attributes, 2  vols.,  4  00 

Calvary  and  its  Victim,  75 

Church  Members'  Guide,  38 

Christ  is  All— by  Dr.  Tyng,  1  50 
Christianity  Revived  in  the  Ea?t,  by 

^  H.  G.  O'Dwight,  1  00 
Choule's  Orisiiu  and  Hist,  of  IMissions,  5  00 

Conant's  Hebrevk^  Grammar,  2  00 

Cecil's  Thoughts,  1  00 

Coleman's  Primitive  Church,  1  25 
Coleman's  Histor.  Geog.  of  the  Bible,  1  25 

Church  Members'  Manual,  38 

Dowling's  History  of  Romanism,  2  50 
D'Aubigne's  Hist,  of  ihe  Reformation,  1  00 

Encyclopedia  of  Relig.  Knowledge,  3  50 

Earth  and  Man,  by  Guyot,  1  25 

Everts'  Bible  Manual,  1  25 
Foot-prints  of  the  Creator,  by  Hugh 

_  Miller,  1  25 

Greek  Testament  and  Lexicon,  2  00 

Gesenius' Hebrew  Le.xicon,  6  00 
Gammel's  American  Baptist  Missions,     75 

Hodge's  Way  of  Life,  50 

Heromes  of  Missionary  Enterprise,  75 

Home's  Introduction,  2  volumes,  4  00 

Hopkins'  Lowell  Ltctures,  1  50 

HengstiMiiierg's  Christology,  5  75 

Hall's  Puritans  and  their  Principles,  2  00 

Hebrew  Bible,  3  00 

Hug's  Introduction,  2  50 

Hann's  Greek  Testament,  1  88 

Hcwelon  Deaconship,  31 

Howel  on  Communion,  63 

Jahns'  ArchtEology,  2  50 


$  cts. 

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James'  Church  in  Earnest, 
James'  Earnest  Ministrj', 
Jay's  Morning  and  Eve.  E.xercises 
Kiito's  Cylopedia, 
Missionary  Enterprise, 

Malcolm's  Bible  Diet,  50 
Mosheim's  Ecclesiastical  Hist.  4  vols.,  7  50 

Magoon's  Republican  Christianity,  1  25 

Magoon's  Proverbs  for  the  People,  75 

Noel's  Church  and  State,  1  25 

Noel's  Christian  Baptism,  63 

Maurice  on  the  Kingdom  of  Christ,  2  50 

Neal's  History  of  the  Puritans,  3  50 
N^ander's Church  Hist,  in  3  volumes,  9  00 

Neander's  Planting  and  Traming,  1  25 

Neander's  Lite  of  Christ,  2  00 

Nel.^ou  on  Infidelity,  50 

Prideaux's  Connexions,  in  2  volumes,  3  75 

Pierson  on  the  Creed,  2  00 

Pastors'  Hand  Book,  50 

Paley's  Evidences,  37 

Princeton  Essays  in  2  volumes,  3  50 

Pascal's  Thoughts,  1  00 

Plan  of  Salvation,  62 
Religious  Progress,  by  W.  R.Williams,  75 

Romanism  not  Christianity,  1  00 

Robinson's  (rieek  Lexicon,  5  00 

Ripley's  Sacrf-d  Rhetoric,  75 

Scnmucker's  Modern  Infidelity,  1  00 

Septuagint,  3  (H) 

Theopany,  by  Turnbull,  7.> 

Taylor's  Enthusiasm,  75 

Taylor's  Loyola  and  Jesuitism,  1  00 

The  Gospel  its  own  Advocate,  1  0() 

Trench  on  the  Parables,  1  75 

Trench  on  the  Miracles,  1  75 

Taylor's  Holy  Living,  1  00 

Taylor'sHisiory  of  fanaticism,  75 

Univerealisiu  not  of  Goti,  2.'i 

Union  Bible  Dictionary,  75 

I'nion  of  Holy  Spirit,  by  Jenkyin,  75 

Vinet's Gospel  Smdies,  1  25 

Williams'  Miscellanies,  1  75 

AVilson's  History  of  the  Puritans,  1  25 

Wilson's  Evidences  of  Christianity,  1  25 

Zion's  Pathway, by  Taylor,  1  2i 


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